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Archive for December 2007

December 29th, 2007

Why are people still installing Windows on the EEE PC?

If it’s easy to learn and easy to use, how come people are still installing Windows on the EEE PC?
I was chatting with a friend who just installed Windows on the EEE PC. His family would prefer to use Windows over the customized Linux installed on it by default.
Ah well.
But it still doesn’t mean […]

By Clair -- 32 comments

December 27th, 2007

Upcoming movie: Peach

Remember Elephant’s Dream? Well, in 2008, there’ll be a new movie and it’s called as Peach. I didn’t really know about it until I read a blog entry with a link to the Peach posters. The upcoming movie’s characters look really fluffy! Aren’t these animators amazing? The open movie is slated to […]

By Clair -- 3 comments

December 27th, 2007

Gnome Do for launching everything you need

One of my friends has been telling me how he loves using Launchy on Windows. I never cared much for something like it because I usually press Alt+F2 so I could have the run dialog box and type the name of the app from there. In any case, Linuxhelp writes about Gnome Do […]

By Clair -- 3 comments

December 25th, 2007

Samba devs access MS Windows code

According to NewsFactor:

Microsoft Relevant Products/Services has entered into a licensing agreement with the nonprofit Protocol Freedom Information Foundation (PFIF) under which the software giant will be providing developers working on the Samba file and printing system with the information they need to ensure interoperability between their open-source software and Windows.
Essentially, the agreement gives the Samba […]

By Clair -- 0 comments

December 25th, 2007

Merry Christmas from New Linux User!

May you have enough disk space for dual-booting your shared desktop machine at home, may you not experience kernel panic today and may your family and friends enjoy the experience of using Linux on the computer! :)
(Yeah, it sounds quite cheesy, I know, but those are great Christmas gifts, if you ask me!)
Happy holidays!
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By Clair -- 0 comments

December 19th, 2007

Nifty weather wallpaper for you

Thanks to nixternal’s blog entry, here’s a link to a nice weather wallpaper for you. The name of the app: Weather Wallpaper. How direct can you get? ;)
As the site says, it works like this:
The program will retrieve the weather report from NOAA and create a wallpaper with the information for the default […]

By Clair -- 0 comments

December 18th, 2007

Linux Christmas presents from Cafe Press

If you can’t make your own Linux-y Christmas gifts, why not try looking for them in Cafe Press? ;)
Some of the stuff I love are the following:

LINUX CHRISTMAS Women’s V-Neck Dark T-Shirt
LINUX CHRISTMAS Mini Button (10 pack)
LINUX CHRISTMAS Hooded Sweatshirt
LINUX CHRISTMAS Ringer T-shirt

But, really, if you could be more personal about things, you probably still […]

By Clair -- 0 comments

December 18th, 2007

Xubuntu for the EEE PC

Thanks to Kamotegirl, I learned that there is a Xubuntu release made for the Asus EEE PC. Aint’ that cool or what? And this is where you download it: eeexubuntu-7.10.2-desktop-i386.iso

While Ubuntu worked reasonably well on the EeePC before, there were plenty of additional steps necessary to get WiFi working as well as reducing the […]

By Clair -- 1 comment

December 17th, 2007

Linux on phones in 2008

Articles have been talking about the possibility of Linux in phones for the coming year. However there are also those who wonder if there will be fragmentation.
For me, Linux on mobile phones would be great because it would mean that users don’t have to stick with proprietary stuff like Windows Mobile. It means […]

By Clair -- 0 comments

December 15th, 2007

Asus EEE PC sighted in shops in Trinoma!

Today I went to Trinoma to look for a Memory Stick. As I was looking around in the various shops, I noticed that the Asus EEE PC was being sold for something like Php18,000 or a little bit less. Anyhow, there was a shop that had it on for anybody to check out […]

By Clair -- 0 comments

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